Use of any contraceptive method among women in rural communities in the eastern region of Ghana: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Research

Ronald Osei Mensah¹  Seth Nana Kwabena Koduah²  Joshua Okyere³  Martin Wiredu Agyekum⁴  Andrew Kweku Conduah⁵  Hilda Appiah⁵  Mary Naana Essiaw⁵  Isaac Yeboah⁵  Aaron Kobina Christian⁶ 

[1] Centre for Languages and Liberal Studies, Takoradi Technical University, Takoradi, Ghana;Commonwealth Senior High School, Lartebiokoshie, Accra, Ghana;Department of Population and Health, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana;Institute for Educational Research and Innovation Studies (IERIS), University of Education, Winneba, Ghana;Institute of Work, Employment and Society, University of Professional Studies, Accra, Ghana;Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana;

关键词: Prevalence;    Determinants;    Contraceptives;    Rural;    Communities;    Eastern;    Region;    Ghana;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-023-16795-1

 received in 2023-06-20, accepted in 2023-09-19,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundIn Ghana, there is an increase in contraceptive use for traditional and modern methods in rural areas. This study seeks to examine the prevalence and determinants of current use of any contraceptive method among women of reproductive age in the rural Eastern Region of Ghana.MethodsA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among women of reproductive age in the rural Eastern region of Ghana. A structured questionnaire was used to interview women in rural Lower Manya and Upper Manya Krobo districts of Eastern region who were selected using a simple random sampling technique. The data were analysed using Stata version 16. A Binary logistic regression was used to examine the determinants of current use of any contraceptive use (traditional and modern methods).ResultsThe prevalence of contraceptive use was 27.8%. In the adjusted analysis of binary logistic regression, contraceptive use was significantly lower (aOR = 0.24; 95%CI = 0.10–0.56; p = 0.001) among respondents aged 41–49 years compared to those aged 18–35 years. Contraceptive use was significantly lower among migrants (aOR:0.53; 95%CI:0.28–0.99; p = 0.048) compared with non-migrant.ConclusionThe prevalence of any contraceptive use among rural women was low. Government and other stakeholders need to create awareness about contraception in the rural areas of Eastern region of Ghana and that would help increase contraceptive methods utilization. In addition, family planning programs should target migrants to design an intervention to increase contraceptive use in rural areas.

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